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Offline stj

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Re: Strange ZIF Adapter for PIC
« Reply #25 on: September 29, 2017, 04:09:51 pm »
well if the pinouts fit the jumpers, it's as universal as the programmer you plug onto it.
 

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Re: Strange ZIF Adapter for PIC
« Reply #26 on: September 29, 2017, 04:44:59 pm »
So after all that.... with a RJ12 mirrored/twisted cable RJ12 and a simple jumper between pin 8 and pin 12 (to get VSS to the correct pin for a 28 pin package)...

... all is done

The ZIF socket is now stored deep in the tool box and I can move on again to better things! 

Phew what an adventure!  Time for a  :popcorn:
 

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Re: [Solved] Strange ZIF Adapter for PIC
« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2017, 08:11:53 am »
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Personally, I'd desolder the ZIF socket from that board, and solder in a turned pin socket solely to use it as a demo board.  Its obviously *NOT* a universal programmer board and isn't worth having a ZIF socket on.
+1. Except I would solder it to a bit of veroboard and solder (square) pin header to it, kinda like what it looks like, already. And put a 6 pin header on it for the ICSP cable, in continuity with another 6 pin header for wirewrapping to the appropriate ZIF pins.

BTW, regular square header pins are more than long enough to bottom out in a breadboard, and you can use extra long pins if you want to put it on stilts. :) Turned pins are more prone to breaking at the point where they get thinner. (Female sockets for turned pins are also kinda sketchy. I don't trust them for more than a few insertions).

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That's rubbish.  It doesn't have an RJ12 connector for my ICD3.  ;)
Bleh. My ICD3 has a regular female pin header on it, in addition to the RJ12 rubbish. I kept the wires short as possible and inserted some grounded copper clad shielding, IIRC. It also has an alternate mini USB port.

* I just looked at it. Haha, I also put the header offset from the RJ12, so it's actually on opposite side from the USB ports rather than the original 120ish degree (why?) offset, lol. I forgot how anal retentive I can be.
« Last Edit: September 30, 2017, 08:17:21 am by KL27x »
 


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